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Home » James Whale

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Posted inFilm

Movie Tuesday: Superior sequels and remakes

by Ben Sachs July 30, 2019August 18, 2021

Five films that achieve the rare cinematic feat of improving upon their predecessors.

Posted inFilm

Studies in repressed sexuality: Lon Chaney’s The Unknown and Boris Karloff’s The Old Dark House

by J.R. Jones October 26, 2017August 18, 2021

Two psychologically loaded horror classics return for Halloween.

Posted inBlogs

Neighborhood movies, past and present

by Ben Sachs November 18, 2013August 19, 2021

Noting the marginalization of working life in mainstream U.S. cinema

Posted inBlogs

This fall at Doc Films: heavy-hitters and hard-to-find classics

by Ben Sachs September 26, 2013August 19, 2021

Noting the major films to play at the University of Chicago this quarter, several of which are unavailable on DVD in the United States

American Mary
Posted inFilm

American Mary, sculptor with a scalpel

by J.R. Jones May 30, 2013August 19, 2021

The Canadian horror import American Mary spoofs the body-modification cult.

Posted inBlogs

Shock humor and its opposite at the European Union Film Festival

by Ben Sachs March 1, 2013August 19, 2021

Considering the links between humor and horror

Posted inBlogs

Quentin Tarantino’s thousand-bullet clip, and the rest of this week’s movies

by J.R. Jones December 21, 2012August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inBlogs

Chicago International Film Festival, and the rest of this week’s movies

by J.R. Jones October 11, 2012August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inBlogs

What’s new again: E.A. Dupont’s Variety

by Ben Sachs September 27, 2012August 19, 2021

Revisiting the forgotten German expressionist melodrama, once a staple of film studies courses

Posted inBlogs

Preparing for a Whale of a class

by Ben Sachs September 5, 2012August 19, 2021

Announcing my six-week class on the versatile James Whale, director of Frankenstein, Show Boat, and much more

Posted inBlogs

Show Boat and the neglected legacy of James Whale

by Ben Sachs July 30, 2012August 19, 2021

Remembering the great British director, whose 1936 Show Boat screens this week from a restored print

Posted inBlogs

Just one drop: Lyric Opera’s Show Boat

by Kate Schmidt March 13, 2012August 19, 2021

Lyric Opera’s dynamite production of Show Boat brings race to the fore.

Posted inBlogs

This week’s movie action

by J.R. Jones December 23, 2011August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue.

Posted inBlogs

Silver Scream

by J.R. Jones October 29, 2010August 19, 2021

Halloween movie picks for October 29-30.

Frankenstein
Posted inArts & Culture

The Hypocrites’ Monster

by Justin Hayford October 29, 2009August 19, 2021

In cobbling together a new Frankenstein, Sean Graney and company create one confused beast.

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